Typhoon Kills 700 On China Coast

August 23, 1994

Typhoon Fred killed more than 700 people in China's eastern Zhejiang Province and caused damage estimated at $1.16 billion, officials said Tuesday. The typhoon pounded the coastal region over the weekend, collapsing thousands of houses and destroying river embankments. A spokesman for the provincial foreign affairs office said by telephone at least 700 people had died but there was as yet no final tally of deaths and property destruction.